WW: Sweeping In China
Today’s photo comes from a 2006 trip to China.
Jojo was 18-months-old and seriously obsessed with sweeping.
I wrestled brooms away from him in hotel lobbies, off of the maid’s cart in airports; he had uncanny broom detection skills.
Every morning would begin with us going outside at the break of dawn (not exaggerating), Jojo grabbing a broom and getting busy sweeping the driveway.
Every morning. For months.
This particular broom was discovered in the Forbidden City in Beijing China. This man was apparently in charge of money collection for a pay toilet.
There was a semi-circle of gawkers gathered around to watch Jojo sweep (again, I’m serious), and this man was making all kinds of comments in Chinese with his husky deep voice. The crowd was laughing at his remarks, it was like his very own stand up comedy show outside of his bathroom.
I had so much fun traveling in China with my toddler! I’ll post more pictures soon!
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21 January 2009, 12:05 pm
That is cute! Wow, you’ve really been everywhere, haven’t you. Happy wW! Mine is up.
21 January 2009, 12:13 pm
How cute is that?
21 January 2009, 12:41 pm
This is my first WW and not feeling well, I was not going online, yet now I am glad I did. Thank you for making me smile.
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21 January 2009, 2:18 pm
How cute, what great memories!
21 January 2009, 2:24 pm
Cute shot!
21 January 2009, 3:27 pm
The look on Jojo’s face is cracking me up. I wonder why he liked brooms so much…does he still?
My niece came over a few months back and wanted to dust for me. I let her of course! And I jokingly said if she kept it up I’d have her clean the toilets too…Then I went on gabbing with my MIL and suddenly realized that Laura was MIA. I went into the bathroom and she had “dusted” the toilet with my feather duster. Dripping wet. Just in case anyone’s curious…don’t get a feather duster wet. It stinks like something awful. I had to throw it out immediately.
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21 January 2009, 4:26 pm
OH - Is everyone trying to hold your baby and touch him and pinch his cheeks! I lived in Bejing for a year and American babies are like gold there!!
21 January 2009, 4:52 pm
love that jojo is a little cleaner dude! my oldest was obsessed too.
21 January 2009, 5:05 pm
Aren’t you brave to travel in China with your toddler! I know moms who won’t take their kids to the store!
21 January 2009, 5:26 pm
I LOVE this…….what wonderful memories and expriences you’ve had!
21 January 2009, 5:51 pm
Are you tricking me into coming back? So cute!!
21 January 2009, 6:17 pm
Wow!! that is adorable!! isn’t it so funny what kids attach too… and what a great experience for your baby!!
21 January 2009, 7:40 pm
He is adorable : ). What a nice memory you can show him some day!
21 January 2009, 10:59 pm
LOL! That is hilarious…my son is 25 months old, and went through a stage like that…I was afraid he was going to break my china cabinet though…Your little guy is cute…
22 January 2009, 12:59 am
That is too funny! Especially the “comedian”’s expression.
My former boss’ son had an obsession with doors. It was actually kind of annoying because he’d bring the kid to work (kid had the pretentious name of “Noble”) and just let him open and close the doors constantly. And this was an art museum, so he’d stand at our classroom door and do this while patrons were coming and going.
My point is that it seems like kids gravitate toward something habitual like that when they’re that age. I wonder what Soren will be into.
22 January 2009, 3:12 am
That guy’s expression is killin’ me!
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22 January 2009, 4:53 am
This is hilarious!
22 January 2009, 4:58 am
Oh wow, this is so cute! Next time toss a hat on the ground, you may make a few bucks lol
Great shot! Happy WW
22 January 2009, 5:29 am
It’s great he’s into cleaning and sweeping. This will come in handy when he gets married.